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Nina Moore, alternately listed as G. Nina Moore and Mrs. Nina Moore, or incorrectly as Nora Moore, is typical of many 19th-century women artists in that little is known about her life and career. She exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1857 and again in 1866. Other exhibits are known, the last in 1875 at the Essex Institute in Salem, Massachusetts. The composition may be related to the genteel art of collecting and pressing leaves. Moore has included shadows, emphasizing that the leaves are not yet fixed to the page. The curious presence of two signatures leads to the discovery that the composition functions equally well when the painting in turned upside down.
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Document identity
localId
35539
label
Autumn Leaves
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object
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1
Source metadata
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35539
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object
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normalized
title
Autumn Leaves
description
Nina Moore, alternately listed as G. Nina Moore and Mrs. Nina Moore, or incorrectly as Nora Moore, is typical of many 19th-century women artists in that little is known about her life and career. She exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1857 and again in 1866. Other exhibits are known, the last in 1875 at the Essex Institute in Salem, Massachusetts. The composition may be related to the genteel art of collecting and pressing leaves. Moore has included shadows, emphasizing that the leaves are not yet fixed to the page. The curious presence of two signatures leads to the discovery that the composition functions equally well when the painting in turned upside down.
provenance
John Taylor Jonston Collection, New York; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1858
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
watercolors (paintings)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
22
height
18.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 11/16 x W: 7 3/16 in. (22 x 18.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] At lower right and at upper left along contour of leaves: Mrs. Nina Moore 1858
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watercolor on paper
creator_ids
3056
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2973
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1
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0
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photo
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